India's critical-mineral challenge is not mainly finding deposits. It is building the processing and manufacturing that turns ore into refined metal, alloy, ba…
In February 2023 the Geological Survey of India announced an inferred lithium resource of about 5.9 million tonnes at Salal-Haimana in Reasi district. The same year an e…
On 15 January 2024 Khanij Bidesh India Limited signed an agreement with the Catamarca state enterprise CAMYEN for exploration and development rights over five lithium-br…
On 29 January 2025 the Union Cabinet approved the NCMM, a seven-year mission (2024-25 to 2030-31) spanning exploration, mining, beneficiation, processing, recycling, R a…
On 4 April 2025 China imposed export-licensing requirements on seven rare-earth elements - samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium and yttrium - an…
Approved on 3 September 2025 and issued with guidelines on 2 October 2025, the scheme offers a 20 percent capex subsidy and a phased opex subsidy for plants recovering c…
On 26 November 2025 the Cabinet approved the Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets, with a total outlay of Rs 7,280 crore - Rs 6,450 c…
The Union Budget 2026-27 announced dedicated Rare Earth Corridors in Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for mining, processing, research and manufacturing in…
On 10 April 2026 KABIL received environmental clearance from Argentine authorities to begin deep exploration on its five lithium-brine blocks. Company estimates put any…
On 15 July 2026 the Ministry of Mines launched the eighth tranche - 20 blocks across nine states, 3 mining leases and 17 composite licences, covering graphite, rare-eart…
Parliament passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026. Its scope is broader than critical minerals - it restricts some state levies o…
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